Current affiliations:
EGM review crew, , Rotofugi (as rotohelper), Citizens on Patrol (as songstress), Live Action Cartoonists (as actor), & 'MOOT (as Jenn) Former: WNUR, Teetsy (as web developer), Crown Dozen, Haggard and Halloo, & Webhelper

Folks:
Dan, Paul, The Discovery Zone, 'Energetic' Will Butler, Alex, Barry, Newburg, Bucky, Gin and Tacos, Gary, Ned, No Doctors, Fred, Kevan, Katie, Tommie, Mahvish, Patrick, Mac, Sasha, Jacob, Jeremy, The Capitalist Mafia, nickd, Matt, Jerry, Josh, Josh, Tom, Tom, Andrew, Andrew, Adam, Adam, Dustin, Dustin, Dustin and Michael, Michael, Vim, Jared, Mary, Eric, Travis, & Lisa | and also: Rama, Justin, Marty, Sean, Jennie, & Ted | and more pals at: Arcade Fire, Business Deal, & Twink

Comics + publishers: Comix Revolution, Quimby's, Chicago Comics | Actus Tragicus, Drawn and Quarterly, Fantagraphics, Last Gasp | Volcanic Eruptions, So New Media, McSweeneys, Manic D, Quirk, RE/Search, & TNI

Toys and toy-design: Rotofugi, Giant Robot, & Kid Robot | Fizziefuzzie, Friends With You, & Shawnimals

Reads: 1-up, 2ndhand, Baffler, Bandoppler, Believer, Bitch, Cineaction, Chicagoist, Crown Dozen, Found, Gapers Block, Giant Robot, Haggard and Halloo, Happy Robot, Harper's, Juxtapoz, Lumpen, McSweeney's, Memory Hole, The, Metafilter, n+1, Other People's Stories, Pitchfork, PopMatters, Punk Planet, ReadyMade, Rocket Fuel, Rue Morgue, Seanbaby, Shift, B. Sinister, Skyscraper, Über, Venus, & Yahtzeen

Listens: This Is Hell, Airplay, Drinking and Writing, Hump Day Dance Party, Redline, WBEZ, WLUW, & WNUR

Geeky: Mosaics | 1up, AtariAge, C64, Sierra, & Nethack | Katamari Damacy | DMS, Mini-ITX, 2600 Portable, Blingmethod, & xoxide

Movies: Mandiapple, Midnight Eye, KFCC, 5 Minutes To Live, & Odd Obsession Movies

Made by hands: Aesthetic Apparatus, Buy Olympia, Chandi, Collarmoth, Feral Cheryl Doll, Frecklewonder, Friendster T-shirts, Lekkner, Monkeybusiness, Morningcraft, Naughty Secretary Club, Pink Nun, Polaire, Queen Bee, Snorestud, Sparkle Craft, Sublime Stitching, Superjessica, Supermaggie, & Virgin Threads

Chicago places/events: Chicago FreeFi, Delilah's, Diner Grill, Golden Apple, Intuit, Jeri's Grill, Live Band Karaoke, Music Box, Myopic, Neo-Futurists, Odd Obsession, Payphones, Rotofugi, Standee's, & This is Grand | Chic-A-Go-Go!, International Film Festival, & Laptronica

Very Important Timekillers: Air Guitar USA, Angle Dance, Avocado Lite, Black People Love Us, The Crimson Room, Har Mar: the Fucking Best, Hasselhoff, ILL Mitch, Jay-Zeezer, Kresky, Law and Order Coloring Book, Meat or Accident?, MOBA, Needlepoint Gallery, Not Fooling Anybody, Picture of Everything, Pink Tank, Tabletop Lasers, The Six O, Teen Girl Squad, Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About, The Viridian Room, & Wing!